While the earning and recording of flight hours and maintenance history is important, keeping them safe and secure is invaluable. The new Master Logbook Case from ASA protects and stores those irreplaceable records. The main compartment will hold logbooks up to 6-1/2 inches x 11 inches. A second interior pocket provides a place to hold documents […]
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Talon Air opens FBO at FRG
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Talon Air has completed its new FBO complex at Republic Airport (FRG) on Long Island. The FBO extends Talon Air’s existing services, providing additional customer amenities, including conference rooms, lounges, a flight planning center, helicopter transfer service, and the only FAA-approved Part 145 maintenance service center at Republic Airport, according to company officials. The new complex […]
Loss of engine power brings down C-170
The Cessna 170 had not been flown for about eight months. Before departing to practice landings at the airport in Ridgely, Maryland, the owner added aviation gasoline to the fuel tanks, which also contained automotive gasoline that had been added about six to eight months previously. While on the downwind leg of the traffic pattern, […]
Picture of the day: Now arriving
Ken VeArd sent in this photo of a C177RG coming in for a landing on Runway 17L at Austin Bergstrom International Airport (KAUS) in Texas.
The latest on unleaded avgas
One of the questions I wanted answered at this year’s AirVenture in Oshkosh was “what is the latest on unleaded avgas?” To find out, I did numerous interviews and attended several seminars. The big news was the immediate introduction of a 94 motor octane unleaded avgas by Swift Fuels. The fuel will be marketed with […]
Ohio Senate panel approves Wright brothers bill
An Ohio resolution repudiating the claim that Connecticut’s Gustave Whitehead flew before Ohio’s Wright brothers is headed to the state’s Senate floor following its passage on Oct. 21 by a senate committee. The Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee approved House Concurrent Resolution 8 following testimony by Amanda Wright Lane of Cincinnati, great-grandniece of Wilbur […]
New airport opens in Wyoming
Hot Springs County Airport (HSG) in Wyoming will officially open Nov. 7 about 10 miles northwest of Thermopolis. The new airport replaces the Hot Springs-Thermopolis Municipal Airport (THP). “The replacement of the airport is a significant improvement to aviation safety in this part of Wyoming,” said Dennis Byrne, administrator of the Wyoming Department of Transportation’s Aeronautics […]
Learn to Turn initiative launches
During the recent forum on loss of control (LOC) hosted by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in Washington, D.C., Master Instructor Rich Stowell proposed the “Learn to Turn” initiative as one solution to reduce LOC accidents. According to NTSB Member Earl Weener, fatal LOC accidents have presented a “stubbornly recurrent safety challenge” for general […]
Museum slates Veterans Day program
WINDSOR LOCKS, CONN. — The New England Air Museum will hold its annual Veterans Day event, “A Tribute to our Veterans, Servicemen & Servicewomen, on Sunday, Nov. 8. Visitors to the museum will have the opportunity to meet and talk one-on-one with veterans of World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. They will also have the chance to sit […]